Phil Taylor and David Jacobs, both contributors to the new book, "Justice Belied: The Unbalanced Scales of International Criminal Justice", discuss the late Professor Michael Mandel’s thesis that the peace-promoting international law regime under the United Nations Charter has been undermined by the international criminal law movement.

Michael Mandel, law professor and Renaissance man, wrote pioneering analyses concluding that the international criminal law movement did more to promote war than it did to promote peace and justice. The movement negated the UN Charter’s pledge to end the scourge of war.

The International Criminal Court and the ad hoc international criminal tribunals end up justifying war by criminalizing the losers or regimes out of favour with the West.

When you have a strange episode like this one, where armed jihadists are suddenly in the front pages in Iraq, shocking news leads to shocking decisions.

We want to know more about it: the armed groups are affiliated with the those fighting Syria's government. Mahdi Nazemroaya, fresh from Lebanon and Syria, explains ISIS/ISIL, Syria's election, and the stance of Lebanon's "March 14" politicians.

U.S. destroyed Libya and it Threatens others: Uncle Sam spreads instability and despair wherever he goes.

Featured Guest(s):Mahdi Nazemroaya

Mahdi Nazemroaya notes, from Somalia to Libya, the phenomenon of the U.S. leaving broken and ruined countries in its wake.

"They want chaos, they want insecurity and instability in every region that they go to. But they don't want absolute insecurity. They want a certain manageable level where these countries can meet their export obligations to the United States, while always insecure" and beset by infighting. The U.S. can then act as the arbitrator.

In the post-intervention failed states that it creates, the U.S. wants to own both sides of the table: the 'government' and the opposition.

Things have not quite gone to plan in Syria. U.S.-backed insurgents have not succeeded in pinning chemical weapons attacks on the Syrian government, despite the support of imperial organizations such as "Human Rights Watch."

Gaza's Ark and Palestine Solidarity Update, recent events in Syria, the removal of Morsi, and more.

Featured Guest(s):Mahdi Nazemroaya, David Heap

Mahdi Nazemroaya discusses his recent article "From Turkey With Love: Another Israeli Attack on Syria," and explains Israel and Turkey's role in the latest attack on Syria. "We shouldn't be skeptical about this event: Turkey and Israel have coordinated events before."

In addition to missing Jimmy Carter's statement that America has no functioning democracy, our media has also neglected to point out that over 90 prominent Canadian authors have signed a statement against the eviction of Palestinians in order to clear land for an Israeli army firing zone.

David Heap from Gaza's Ark updates us on the new construction, and also significant worldwide developments in Palestine solidarity.

Dynamic news from Syria. Ramsey Clark - It's Time to Oppose War on Syria

Featured Guest(s):Mahdi Nazemroaya, Ramsey Clark

Back from Beirut, Mahdi Nazemroaya, newly the author of "The Globalization of NATO," reports on the regional conflict engulfing Syria. The Syrian government surprised the great powers by surviving the onslaught of the Gulf monarchies and NATO. "The only reason it surprised them was because of their imperial arrogance," comments Nazemroaya.

From the very beginning, the "rebels" have been looking for every excuse for intervention - in a war that is already a foreign intervention. Why do they fight? Mostly crass economic opportunity, but many have been brainwashed by clerics from the Gulf states. A few have already repented.

"We can see where every country stands" when it comes to Syria. How do Arabs feel? Does France have the right to determine Syria's destiny? Which of the Gulf dictatorships will lead the war for democracy? Don't expect to hear anything from Amnesty International or Human Rights Watch. Their salaries don't come from Syria.

In Egypt, Morsi was calling for a "no-fly-zone." Now, Egyptians are calling for a "No Morsi Zone." It reminds one of Erdogan. They have sown the wind. Who will reap the whirlwind?

The peace movement is stirring from its slumber in the United States and Canada. Various coalitions have called for a week of action on Obama's escalating intervention in Syria. Why has Obama invested so much in this mercenary war?

"It seems to me to be the same strategy we've had with all the Arab and Muslim countries that we've undermined," says Clark, referring to the continuous slow destruction of Iraq and other countries. Now it's Syria's turn.

One rationale put forward for U.S. intervention in Syria is that of Hezbollah involvement and their alleged violation of international law. That's rich.

Also, what are they doing to the Voting Rights Act? Is there any politician capable of maintaining basic rights for American citizens?

Developments in Syria and Turkey: Israeli involvement; Lebanon as a beach-head against Syria. Joel Richardson on the power of images

Featured Guest(s):Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Joel Richardson

We are once again being let down wall-to-wall by corporate media. Events in Syria are coming to a turn. Russia and the United States are having a meeting, after delaying attempts by France.

But just what kind of war is being fought? The Toronto Star quoted an Imam from Qatar - his language was utterly inflammatory and sectarian. Mahdi Nazemroaya has the answers, including Israel's involvement. Israel is using Lebanon to attack Syria.

In Turkey, Erdogan's attempt to gain popularity through fake support for the Palestinian cause is wearing thin. His 'neo-Ottoman' policy was always the subordination of Islam to capitalism. Erdogan's covert war on Syria has destroyed Turkish trade with the Arab world.

Joel Richardson is a Toronto artist and muralist - if you pass through Toronto's underpasses on the West end of the city, you often find Richardson's murals.

Phil asks him to identify his murals. Richardson plans to set a world record on the number of people engaged in wearing suits and meditating simultaneously in an attempt to reverse policy on development.

He also describes his involvement in the Occupy Movement in liberating the wall of the J.P. Morgan building.